Organic mental disorders, including symptomatic syndromes (34 contents)
Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere (8 contents)
More and more people are suffering from dementia
The number of people with dementia is growing rapidly, according to a recently published World Health Organisation study. According to the WHO, there could be 40 per cent more people with the disease...
Aphthae and thrush - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Aphthae and thrush are a problem that most of us are familiar with. Small lesions of the oral mucosa that cause a lot of pain can appear at almost any age. Even babies are not exempt from them.
Dementia with Lewy bodies - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) can account for up to 20% of dementias, although it is relatively rarely diagnosed. It is characterised by the co-occurrence of cognitive impairment and symptoms of...
Memory disorders - a challenge for the neurologist or the psychiatrist?
This article addresses the difficult discussion about the diagnosis and treatment of patients with memory disorders at different stages of the disease. Who should undertake this task, under whose...
Dementia: clinical course and characteristics of the problem in relation to its aetiopathogenesis
Following a closer look at Alzheimer's disease, it is worth looking at dementia, which we usually associate with old age, but it does not only occur in the elderly. Its specificity, course and...
